National
Packers Seething as NFL Replacement Refs Take Heat
Overnight, the NFL's replacement referees went from minor nuisance to staggering problem.
Sports
Replacement Ref Furor Grows After Wild Seattle Win
The furor over the work of replacement officials reached a fevered pitch during Week 3 in the NFL, especially Monday night when Seattle beat Green Bay on a desperation pass …
Person of the Day
Clayton Moore
Jackson State University quarterback Clayton Moore put on one of the most outstanding performances of the young college football season last Saturday.
Sports
Capital Sports
The Jackson sports landscape in the capital city and surrounding areas has changed a lot since the JFP was born 10 years ago.
Bryan's Rant
Open That Defense
Last football season, late in the year, I wrote about the Denver Broncos offense under Tim Tebow.
JFP Top 25: Week 3
It was another shakeup weekend. While Alabama and LSU proved again that they are the best in college football, other top teams fell.
Person of the Day
Keith Villafranco
Mississippi College entered its game against Webber International needing a win after losing the season opener to Millsaps. The Choctaws got a superb effort from junior defensive back Keith Villafranco.
Heads Up, Tacklers
Football is a tough game. I should know: Even though I played for only six or seven years, I have more days than I would like to count where my …
Sports
JFP Top 25: Week 2
Week one of college football featured narrow misses from unranked teams and small conferences. That was not the case in week two where upsets were lurking everywhere, and lesser squads …
New Orleans Saints Player Suspensions Vacated, Players Reinstated
The suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and three other players in the NFL's bounty investigation were lifted Friday by a three-member appeals panel and the league reinstated those players a few …
JFP Top 25: Week 2
Alabama made the biggest statement of the weekend laying the smackdown to Michigan in Dallas.
A New Low Standard
This week the National Collegiate Athletic Association decided that the University of North Carolina will not face an NCAA investigation over potential academic issues.
Doughnuts Anyone?
It has been a tough off-season for college football. The never-ending Penn State scandal continues to make headlines, and North Carolina's academic scandal gets bigger.
Body+Soul
‘If You Give Your Best, You Win’
When he was 9 years old, Andy Till ran a mile in six minutes and ten seconds. His physical-education teacher called his mom and said, "You know; there's something he's …
